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  • Easter Camps 2012

    A map of all Easter Camps happening in New Zealand 2012..  If your easter camp is not on the map, please send details to me:  gordon@pym.org.nz

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    Kiwieaster

    As you may know, the Presbyterian Church puts out a Lenten study, and this year PYM was asked for input. So, after much prayerful consideration, we are offering a service that shares the Easter story in real time through texts, Facebook or Twitter messages: we’re calling it Kiwieaster. Subscribers will be pulled into the dramatic …

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    Diploma in Presbyterian Youth Ministry

    The Diploma in Presbyterian Youth Ministry is a collaboration between Presbyterian Youth Ministry (PYM), the Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership (KCML), and the local churches, as well as the student’s chosen academic institution – either Laidlaw College or Carey Baptist College.  You will find the respective prospectives below.

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    Safety in Youth Ministry

    It is our responsibility to ensure the safety of OUR YOUNG PEOPLE and OURSELVES, AS YOUTH
    LEADERS, in youth ministry.

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    Going Global

    an opportunity for young adults to join in a cross-cultural experience- participating inGod’s mission.

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  • Youth Ministry Quotes

    quote openAdolesants are looking for a soul-shaking, heart-waking, world changing God to fall in love with, and if they do not kind that God in the Christian Church, they will most certainly settle for lesser gods elsewhere. Youth look to the church to show them something. Most of the time we have offquote closeered them pizza. -Kenda Creasy Dean
    quote openThe history of primarily calling inexperienced and inadequately trained young people to do youth ministry reflects the myth that youth ministry is a beginner’s job that doesn’t require much education, experience or skill. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Youth ministry is one of the most demanding ministries – so demanding and frustrating that many pastors and congregational leaders don’quote closet know what to do- Roland Martinson
    quote openIf you don’t have kids, it’s our strong recommendation that you’d keep your parenting advice to yourself. In fact, why don’t you write all your great advice down somewhere and take a look at it when your third kid is ten years old. Then you’ll have an understanding for how naive you were; but at least you’ll be glad you kept silequote closent years earlier.- Doug Fields

Connect 2012

Important Info

Dates:
6 -8  July 2012

Cost:
$135 (early bird until 31 Mar)

Venue 
Rotorua Keswick Christian Camp

quote opena fantastic weekend of networking with youth leaders from around NZ, training and equipping foquote closer youth ministry

Connect 2012

Our national youth leaders training weekend in 2012 will be at Keswick Christian Camp, Rotorua.

It is going to be a fantastic weekend of networking with youth leaders from around NZ, training and equipping for youth ministry, and a weekend of being challenged and inspired in your relationship with God.

Connect is for Youth leaders or elders and ministers who are working with young people from Presbyterian and Uniting Churches. It doesn’t matter if you are just starting out or are a long serving vocational leader, there will be something for you.

We will keep adding information to this page.

 

  • $135 Early Bird Registration (when booked before 31 March)
  • $155 Standard Registration (2 April – 20 June)
  • $195 Late Registration (21 June – 5 July)

7 main Streams with 30 workshops

  • Nuts and Bolts of youth ministry (for those starting out in youth leadership)
  • Leadership
  • Theological/biblical stream
  • Church
  • Worship
  • Young People
  • Discipleship

Full information will be here soon.

Draft schedule is subject to change

 

Fri
4pm Registration
5pm Bonus Workshops
6pm Dinner
7:30pm Small groups / Icebreakers
8pm Keynote 1
9:30pm Supper
10:00pm Prayer
Sat
7:00am Prayer
7:30am Breakfast
8:30am Workshop 1
9:30am Workshop 2
10:30am Morning Tea
11:00am Keynote Session 2
12:30pm Lunch (in small groups)
Free time
4pm Workshop 3
5pm Workshop 4
6pm Dinner
7:30pm Keynote Session 3
9:30pm Supper
10:00pm Prayer
Sun
7:00am Prayer
8:00am Breakfast
9am Workshop 5
10:00am Morning Tea
10:30am Keynote Session 2
12:00pm Lunch

 

Registration opens 1 March. Return here then. Please be advised last year Connect sold out, so don’t delay

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